How do you manage your whitelist [GA included; ended]

I adjust my whitelist/groups based on people's character.
Some are here just for "Free Steam games and Steam keys", some others don't.
Here in my country is even worst... But I have a group that I manage them all ruled by their character. So far so good...
The group is working perfectly fine without rules like most of international groups...

I prefer to use this to manage my white-listers...

Oh that wasn't what you were asking? :P

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I simply chose no, because let's face it, I never have whitelisted anyone. Okay, aside from you and the 3 other users I have perma-whitelisted, I'll admit...

I put people on the list for several reasons, but the MOST important is being nice. Sometimes I ask for something in my gibs and if a person finds time to read my request and to give my what I want, most of the times they end on the list. I also dwell in the forum and pick cool people from there.

I don't think a whitelist giveaway for now. So i am not whitelisting anyone but if i will do something like that i really like Assassin7893's idea. I will probably do something like that.

I only whitelist back someone if I'd whitelist them to begin with - and for this the reason varies - a few months ago I whitelisted higher level users who gave a lot, had good ratio and/or was active on forums, sometimes lower level users as motivation. But the I had a Deponia giveaway with 0 entry (some chick removed her entry for giving me a chance to get CV from it) then I remade the GA with WL + 1 group and got TWO entries. Deponia is fun, quality game, but relatively common. This made me realize that while I really would want to give stuff for my whitelisted people, at my financial standing I couldn't really afford bigger games - maybe something cheap unbundled one, while I have and will have bundle games... and that, sadly, most of my WLed people already have a LOT of games, and they don't really need / can win my giveaway. I still love to add them to my WL because I feel they deserve the gesture and the love towards them, (I'm also happy to see a WL giveaway even if I'm unintrested in the game, because it feels good :) I hope others feel the same way ) but I've recently started to add people who just acted nicely - kind of if you'd likely spend half an hour with that user besides a drink, talking, then she/ he deserves a spot - this way I can give stuff to people who will get more out of it, while still sticking with a closer group of people I can respect :)

i have over 150 ppl in my whitelist, i bet that only 30-40 ppl put me in his/her whitelist
and whoever put me into his/her whitelist so definitely they have a slot in my whitelist too
p/s: now you have a slot in my whitelist Vee :D

I've never whitelisted someone because they whitelisted me first. I have whitelisted them after noticing then from their whitelist of me, but I don't feel compelled to. I clean it out before any whitelist GA's. My criteria is being an exception person.

Nah, blacklisting those who whitelisted me seems to be the only fair option.

I just made a whitelist of people who I've won games from... I'll add them in my small group giveaways.
So far no blacklist. I've thought about a blacklist and would most likely only add someone who won a game from me and didn't mark as received. because giving something away should be fairly straightforward and this would be a hassle and make me sad. I wouldn't want to deal with someone (again) who wouldn't communicate with me. Hopefully I won't ever have to make one. :)

Lately, my method has been to whitelist those who giveaway games on my wishlist.

My criteria is simple, I like the person, or I don't. Simple :P
Don't take this too seriously tho, I may like you and you still haven't got your WL pass (yet). Or I don't like you, but you're not in my BL either. There is also the meh kind of people.

I only whitelist4whitelist if it is already a person I know from the forum and fit the criteria. During my 2nd WL GA I've seen myself in WLs from people I never saw in my life, so I didn't WL them back.

But I also created my WL just recently and more of an experiment, so I'll clean it from time to time. Well, not time to time, but someday.

No, at least I do not remember doing it.
I was thinking about it today, but then I do not believe I will create a whitelist giveaway, so no need to add people there

I whitelist everybody who behaves like a human being.
Which is ultimately random.

I've only recently started making a whitelist. I chose everyone I've won something from, everyone whom I found out whitelisted me, and a small handful of others for various reasons.

i don't really know if i'm on the whitelist of someone, because most whitelist GAs i enter, are also a group GA, for myself i only got good people whitelisted, like people being loyal in group or great gifters on here, also some supporters :)

My whitelist criteria are secret. I don't think anyone should feel obligated to whitelist just because they've been whitelisted. It should be a tool for good, not a tool for getting into secret gibs.

I only do a whitelist for some events.

So far I've whitelisted everyone I've noticed have me on their whitelist. Not sure how one would go about noticing other than randomly though

Have yet to use and create WL... Found my niche in puzzle train hosting...

depends if i notice i've been whitelisted xD, and also who does it. :3

i think there's a huge number of users, specially those that create the w4w threads that expect to be whitelisted because they add people to theirs. -.-

i prefer to whitelist because i like that user and his/her attitude, unrelated to number of GAs made or won.

I'm an impulse whitelister, my concern is rather how do I get them out of the whitelist again... so I weeded out more than 20% today (checked all those that had been on the list for 5 months or more) and am still at about 300 folks on the list :)

I don't as a rule whitelist everyone who whitelists me, but this doesn't really come up very often. More often I see I'm not on the whitelist of people I whitelisted, but I'm totally ok with that. I don't think blacklists and whitelists should be mutual. If I'm blacklisted by people with good profiles I'm not going to blacklist them back. They're welcome to join and win my giveaways (but I'd be curious to know why I was blacklisted). Similarly, whitelists shouldn't be mutual, because it would serve as a backdoor of sorts to get on people's whitelists without deserving it.

Most people reach my whitelist by having good profiles (see link above or a simplified criteria in this recent whitelist recruit thread). Few get there by writing exceptionally interesting, insightful or helpful posts on the forum. In this group there are even some Level 0 users.

I do minimal management of the whitelist, I occasionally check if a random user still passes the sgtools test. I don't do any management of the blacklist and don't plan to worry about it until there's a risk I run out of slots. So far I only have 200 out of 1000, so it'll be a while.

I whitelist people because i WANT TO WL them not because i have to and just because i WL them i don't ask nor expect it in return but i Wl for various reasons and they can read it why they are whitelisted on my ga's :p

some reasons are being a defender of justice and slayer of regifters such as mods /supports
can be because they did an awesome event for lower levels [[yunie winthorp etc]
can be because they brought the community a little bit closer by putting faces on several steam avatars such as Eeve
or to raise a certain awareness to with an event [lonelyness/depression] such as Desertmouse
i won a ga of you and giving u a chance in return [if they check out ok with the sg tools ;p]
can be cause of a funny remark or because i noticed your quite active in eiher SG Chat or SG forums.
And yes some WL me and i WL them back but i don't think one should feel obligated to if they don't want to

Everyone has their reasons to WL or BL one another but main guideline should be is that one DOES NOT ASK to be Whitelisted but one should get whitelisted

I just whitelist people I've had sexual intercourse with.